[HTTPCLIENT-1556] Default CookieSpecs provider not found for AbstractHttpClient subclass

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.4 Alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 4.4 Final
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Labels: easyfix
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Timo Kinnunen
• Created: 01/Oct/14 19:44
• Updated: 04/May/17 09:48
• Resolved: 03/Oct/14 08:15

Description

When a client based on the deprecated AbstractHttpClient is created without customizing the default CookieSpecRegistry, the default CookiePolicy is not subsequently found from this CookieSpecRegistry in org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies.java line 149. The reason is that RequestAddCookies is looking up the non-deprecated CookieSpecs.DEFAULT (String value "default") by default but the CookieSpecRegistry was constructed with the deprecated CookiePolicy.BEST_MATCH (String value "best-match") as the default.

Adding the line

registry.register(
CookieSpecs.DEFAULT,
new BestMatchSpecFactory());

to org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient::createCookieSpecRegistry method appears to fix this issue.